Top tips for getting the most from our library study space
November 18, 2021
Are you looking for study space to work on upcoming assessments? We’ve put together some top tips to help you to make the best use of our library study space. From finding study space in libraries and other spaces to looking after your wellbeing whilst studying. Drop-in or book in advance Our libraries offer a …
NUsearch upgrade: search across all our Digital Gallery collections
November 8, 2021
Find out about the new features in the latest upgrade to the university’s library discovery tool, NUsearch. Digital Gallery – search across all collections We’ve added a search box to the Manuscripts and Special Collections Digital Gallery to allow you to search for items across all our digital collections and their sub-collection Here is an …
On trial: SAGE Research Methods: Medicine and Health Video Collection
November 3, 2021
We are pleased to bring you trial access to SAGE Research Methods: Medicine and Health Video Collection The collection covers primary clinical and epidemiological research, both interventional and observational, as well as systematic review and meta-analysis. Examples of studies are drawn from across all major medical specialties, as well as public health, nursing, dentistry, health …
Evolving Open Access policy developments in the UK – a podcast with Julie Baldwin
October 29, 2021
For the final blogpost in our International Open Access week series, we are proud to showcase one of University of Nottingham Libraries Open Access advocates – Research Librarian, Julie Baldwin (Julie Baldwin (0000-0003-4643-9708) (orcid.org)). Julie is interviewed on the University of Derby’s RLT Open Knowledge podcast today, discussing recent developments in open access policy in …
Discover our collections: Open Access Books
October 28, 2021
Academic monographs continue to play an important role in the humanities and social sciences. For International Open Access Week 2021, we’re taking a look at publishing monographs open access. UK Research and Innovation recently announced a new Open Access policy. This includes a new requirement for monographs, book chapters and edited collections published from 1 January …
Open Monographs – An interview with Dr Anna Willi
October 27, 2021
In our third International Open Access Week post we are talking to Dr Anna Willi about her experience of publishing an open access monograph. Dr Anna Willi is a Research Fellow in the Department of Classics and Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. Dr Willi’s current research with the ERC-project LatinNow (grant no. 715626) explores …
Open coding environments: student projects and beyond
October 26, 2021
In today’s International Open Access Week blog post we are talking to members of our research community about open coding environments and open notebooks in teaching and research practice. Dr James Sharp is an Associate Professor of Soft Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Nottingham. In this blog post, James shares the motivations for …
Open Software and Preprints – an interview with Professor Chris Denning
October 25, 2021
Welcome to International Open Access Week 2021! Join us on Library Matters throughout the week as we share daily insights into the wonderful world of open access. Our first blog is an interview with Professor Chris Denning. Chris Denning (ORCiD: 0000-0003-0802-8617) (orcid.org) is a Professor in Stem Cell Biology. He leads the University’s Research Priority Areas …
Discover our collections: Black History Month
October 22, 2021
October is Black History Month in the UK, an event that has been celebrated nationwide for more than 30 years. To borrow this year’s Black History Month theme, the Library is ‘proud to be’ working towards improving the diversity of our collections to support Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) for our academic community. This blog offers an introduction to just some of the related resources that …
Open Research – nearly 4 million downloads of UoN research outputs
October 5, 2021
Explore the principles and impact of Open Research with the latest blog from the Libraries Research Support team. Did you know there have been nearly 4 million downloads of University of Nottingham research outputs from Repository@Nottingham, Nottingham e-Theses and the Research Data Repository? This means that researchers and the general public have been able to access journal articles, …
